Toys for Christmas Should Be Safe for Children
A mother, Mrs. J. Chester, plans safe age appropriate gifts for her four year old twins Jane and Billy, avoiding dangerous, fragile, or lead painted toys. She recalls past scares and opts for durable, safe options like a plastic tea set and scissors with blunt ends, while considering tools in child sized sets. The Selkirk Local Health Unit urges careful toy selection to ensure a safe and happy holiday.
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J. Chester
Jane
Billy
Aunt Ada
Mrs. Chester
Chesters
Selkirk
Poinsettia Puzzle Is Christmas Fun
A Christmas puzzle asks what color colors the poinsettia blossom. Red is not the flower but the leaves. the real blossoms are tiny yellow centers. Discovered in Mexico in 1828 by Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett, the plant is named for him and later developed by Albert Ecke in California, first marketed in 1906.
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Mexico
Joel Roberts Poinsett
U.S
Albert Ecke
Bombardier Trapper Relates Arctic Rendezvous Survival
The bombardier left Lac du Bonnet on Saturday morning for a rendezvous at Black Lake but was forced to travel the final distance on foot. Two groups met two thirds of the way, then moved to their cabin at the creek mouth. They brought the body to the cabin by seven PM and rested. At one AM they planned to travel back to the bombardier two and a half miles away. They lashed the.
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Jim Bell
Ray Fetterly
Smith
Jim
MGAS
Frank Hanton
Lac du Bonnet
Black Lake
Men rescue bombardier team with dogs on lake trek
John Chanowski and two St Bernard dogs pulled a stuck toboggan then moved toward the bombardier on a lake with heavy slush. After two and a half hours they reached Lac du Bonnet late Sunday morning.
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John Chanowski
St. Bernard
Roman Catholic Male Teacher Wanted in Powerview District
Leonard School District No. 1811 seeks a Roman Catholic male teacher to start January 3 192? for a split Grades 3 4 class of 12 to 15 pupils. Salary includes $200 above grant plus 10 increments of $100 per year, and $200 per year for prior district experience. Apply to Mrs Eugenie Desilets Secretary treasurer 385 and Albert Telland chairman 696 Powerview.
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Leonard
Eugenie Desilets
Albert Telland
Powerview
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